In which of the following situations would it be most appropriate for an internal audit activity to issue an interim report or memo?

As part of a preliminary study during an audit of the payment process in accounts payable, an internal auditor requests a list of procedures from the finance manager. The auditor intends to establish whether activities documented in the procedures are undertaken by respective employees as prescribed. Which of the following internal audit techniques will provide the most persuasive information to achieve this objective?

In which of the following situations would it be most appropriate to employ the services of a forensic specialist? 

Management has asked the internal audit activity to perform an operational audit of a division that recently reported an increase in expenditures in addition to a decrease in profits. However, existing internal audit resources are currently engaged in a legal compliance audit. Which factor would be considered least important in deciding whether resources should be removed from the legal compliance audit to the operational audit?